FF XIII is the game that killed the Final Fantasy series for me.

The love Final Fantasy XIII-2 deserves:

So here the article says that black people need a story and nuance to how they came to be in the story:

“One major factor being that sometimes Blackness isn’t even part of how those characters are conceived from the beginning. “They write a character in mind, and that character is pretty flavorless. He ain’t got a lot…

So here the article says that black people need a story and nuance to how they came to be in the story:

“One major factor being that sometimes Blackness isn’t even part of how those characters are conceived from the beginning. “They write a character in mind, and that character is pretty flavorless. He ain’t got a lot…

I had the exact same thoughts! The idea that all black people share the same culture is clearly absurd - possibly the author is so American-centric that he overlooks the fact that American blacks comprise about 1% of all blacks in the world.

‘Nuances in the voice’? Really? I know a black person whose native language…

Why should your real world shared cultural experiences, (whatever that even means), be represented by a fictional character in a science-fiction/fantasy setting who would have no actual way of experiencing said culture? Black characters are only valid if they directly reference the trials and tribulations of American…

I’m going to be honest, it’s really weird to see the dichotomy of “Black people are not a monolith” protest but then see articles basically say the exact opposite of that. What dose “black-passing” even mean? How do you reconcile the idea of an, apparently, universal Black Culture with the idea that black people are…

Counterpoint: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_black_video_game_characters

Cops, “respect us.”

“The problem, of course, is that racism refers to overarching power structures, not if an innocuous word made you feel bad.”

Maybe it’s just me, but I’m getting tired of the idea that marginalized characters can only be written by marginalized people of the corresponding group. (I don’t think your article ventures into that territory at all, but it comes close enough to it that I figured this was excuse to try to put some vague thoughts…

Nice false dichotomy.

Jesus christ. Shut the fuck up.

A slur is a slur no matter who it’s aimed at. The target being white people doesn’t make it somehow okay.

I find it interesting that Gawker tends to reserve the most criticism over representation to the media that actually makes the attempt. I mean, it’s fine and all if you think they can and should go further but shouldn’t we at least acknowledge when a game/movie/etc is making steps in the right direction? How many…

I feel like reading some 40 years old women’s tweet when I am checking in kotaku now

Kotaku starts making trash articles again, I miss the old writters, back in 2013, when they’re still interesting.

The isekai’d zoomer angle is really turning me off of a game I think would be cool.

Typical Kotaku, always trying to find problems and controversy when there is none all in the name of creating better click bait articles

Why is that disappointing? Why is okay to be racist towards whites?